Jack L. Davis

Jack L. Davis (born August 13, 1950) is Carl W. Blegen Professor of Greek Archaeology at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio and is a former director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
Davis is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute, and has served on advisory boards of the American Journal of Archaeology, Hesperia (journal), and Sheffield Studies in Aegean Prehistory, among other journals. Since 1993 his primary academic appointment has been in the Department of Classics of the University of Cincinnati, where he is Carl W. Blegen Professor of Greek Archaeology. From 2007-2012 he was on leave from that post to direct the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece. In 2012 he was elected to the Institutional Council of the National and Capodistrian University of Athens. In 2016 he was a co-recipient of the Premio Giuseppe Scicca in Archaeology, jointly with Sharon R. Stocker. In 2017 he received the medal for Special Civil Merits from the Republic of Albania. He has been awarded the Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement for 2020 by the Archaeological Institute of America. In 2021 Davis was made a Commander of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece) by the President of Greece. He has been an honorary member of the Archaeological Society of Athens since 2021. In 2024 Davis was elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2025 Davis was awarded the Athens Prize by the trustees of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Full cv: https://classics.uc.edu/cv/vita_jld_February-2026.pdf
 

PhD: University of Cincinnati 1977

Aegean prehistory, survey archaeology, and modern Greek history.

Grant: #011061-002 Investigators:Davis, Jack 07-01-2017 -12-31-2017 J. F. Costopoulos Foundation Preservation of Findings from the Tomb of the Warrior in Pylos Role:PI $8,459.25 Closed Level:Private Non-Profit

Grant: #SRS 011393 Investigators:Davis, Jack 05-01-2018 -04-30-2019 J. F. Costopoulos Foundation Preservation of Findings from the Tomb of the Warrior in Pylos (Year 2) Role:PI $8,860.00 Closed Level:Private Non-Profit